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NOBODY'S MOKE, 

AN ORIGINAL FARCE, 

\ 

IN ONE ACT, 

‘ ;.^c ■ ' 

BY WILL W. GRAY. 

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- TO WHICH IS ADDED - 

A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES—CAST OF THE CHARACTERS— 
ENTRANCES AND EXITS—RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE 

FERFORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE 
OF THE STAGE BUSINESS. 


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DEC 241888 

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nobody’s MOKE. ^563 ° 

—X— • 7 2 

VUh cast of characters as first produced in the New 
Opera House, Dayton, Term., under the 
management of the author. 


Deacon Doolittle, ( well named ).France Johnson. 

Charlie Garland, {tony boarder ).E. Johnson. 

Charity Doolittle, ( Deacon's sister ).Allie Gettys. 

Maud Ashley, ( tony boarder) .Mrs. Will Gray. 

Unce Pete, (a servant ).George Johnson. 

Moke, (a colored individual ).Will Gray. 

Ghost, {a lively corpse) .J. S. Spence. 


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COSTUMES. 

Doolittle.—S eedy suit. 

Charlie, —Walking suit and cane. 
Maud. —White dress, large hat, fan. 
Pete. —Servant’s dress. 

Moke. —Ragged suit, long duster. 
Ghost.—S heet. 


PROPERTIES. 

Set of false teeth—can be made out of wood, painted 
white, draw bars, rails for fence, dish for pudding, table 
set for dinner, vinegar in castor; dog for Doolittle, rope 
for dog, ragged duster and old straw liat for Moke; sheet 
for ghost, letter for Charlie. 


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Time of Performance—25 minutes. 

STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

r., means Right; l., Left; r. h., Right Hand; l. h., Left Hand; c., Centre; s. e,; 
[2d e.,1 Second Entrance; u. e., Upper Entrance; m. d., Middle Door; f., the Flat 
r. F.r Door in Flat; r. c., Right of Centre; l.c., Left of Centre. 

B. R. C. C. L. c. j,, 

*** The reader is supposed to be upon the stage facing the audience. 


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Nobody’s Moke. 

SCENE I.—Woods. Maud leaning on bars; Moke in 

the rear on fence. 

Maud. (sings, “Twinkle, twinkle, little star.” 

“You said that you would surely come at eight, 

And with the twinkling stars, 

Down, down by grandpa’s meadow, 

You would meet me at the bars.” 

Eider, Charlie, l. 

Charlie. Oh, here you are, little girl! Been waiting 
long? 

Maud. The time did seem long, Charlie, what kept 
you? 

Charlie. I met an old friend of mine at the post-office; 
lie kept me talking quite awhile. Shall we go to dinner? 
Maud. Yes, it is time! (exit, r. 

Enter, Doolittle, r., leading a dog. 

Moke, (seeing dog, sings) “Oh, take me to de bone 
yard, way down by de sickamore tree.” 

Doolittle. (starting ) That “airs” queer! 

Moke, (sings) “De angels meet me at de cross 
roads.” 

Doo. That airs a nigger’s voice! 

Moke. Say, ole man, what yer gazin’ at de clouds fo’ ? 
Doo. (seeing him) Who air you, anyhow? 

Moke. I’se Moke! 

Doo. Moke! Moke who? 

Moke. Oh, jes’ Moke! I’se nobody’s chile! 

Doo. Ain’t ye got another name ? 

Moke. No, sah! I guess I lost my nudder name when 
I’se little. 



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nobody’s moke. 


Doo. Where did you come from, you little nigger? 

Moke. Growed on a tree an’ jes’ drapped oft’ ’fore I’se 
ripe. Whar am yer gwine wid dat skeleton? 

(pointing at dog 

Doo. That what? 

Moke. Dat skeleton! Is yer gwine to take it out to 
shoot it? 

Doo. Silence, you little brat! Do you know who you 
are talking to? 

Moke. De debble? 

Doo. (cross) No, you black rascal, I am Josiah Doo • 
little! 

Moke. Dat am a dog-on fine name, mister! 

(opening eyes 

Doo. (going closer to him) I am one of the select men 
of this county, and it is my duty to take up all vagrants. 

Moke. What am dem? 

Doo. Vagrants? Them that have no visible means of 
support. 

Moke. Den jes’ pass on, ole man! I’se got wisable 
means ob support. See dis fence? It am supportin’ me 
at de present time. 

Doo. (going closer and grabs him by collar) I’ve goi 
you now, you sassy nigger! (jerks him down 

Moke, (angry) Dog-on yer ole skin! Yer ’bout tc 
tare my duster. Dat’s all de close I’se got! 

Doo. Come on with me. 

Moke . All right, boss! Lemme lead de skeleton! 

.(* des to take dog 

Doo. Shut up! (jerks him and dog 

Moke, (pulling back) Whar am yer takin’ me, ole 
man? 

Doo. Be still! (jerks him and dog 

Moke. Whar am we gwine? 

Doo. To my house! 

( exit, r., Doollttle pulling both after him 

Change scene quickly to poorly furnished room, in front 

grooves. 

Enter, Doolittle, l., pulling Moke in by collar, ivithout 

dog. 

Moke, (looking around) Boss, am dis de poor house? 

Doo . No, it’s mine! 


nobody’s moke. 5 

Moke. How much yer pay £o’ it? 

Boo. Three thousand dollars! 

Moke. Yer don’ say so! Why didn’t yer pay ten cents 
mo’ an’ git two ob ’em? 

Doo. ( slaps him) No sass! ( calling ) Uncle Pete! 

Uncle Pete. (outside ) Heah I am, massa! 

Enter, Uncle Pete, r. 

Moke. ( seeing Pete) Who am dat? 

Doo. That is Uncle Pete. (Moke bows 

Moke . Am he wound up fo’ all day? * 

(Pete busily dusting 

Doo. What do you mean? 

Moke. Yo’ don’ mean to tell me it am alive—don’t it 
go wid a spring- 

Doo. He’ll show you soon enough! 

Moke. Dat am a trick nigger; jes’ lemme spit on him 
to see if he’ll float! ( spits 

Doo. ( sternly ) That will do! Uncle Pete! 

Pete. Yes, sah! 

Doo. Here's a boy I’ve brought home to help you! 

Pete. (looking suspiciously at Moke) I declar it am 
a nigger! 

Moke, {angry) I’se no nigger! I’se culled, I is! 

Pete. One ob de race ob “mudder-takes-in-washin,” 
kin’ ob tramps. No good! (shakes head 

Doo. ( smiles ) Not much! 

Pete. No! Good nuff to light fire wid! 

Moke. ( turning hand-spring) Dar, let’s see yo’ do 
dat, yo’ ole stick-in-de- mud! Dat’s what I call interlec’! 

(exit, Uncle Pete, r. 

Doo. Here now, quit your capers! Where did you 
larn that? 

Moke. Learn dat at de circus? 

Doo. What circus? 

Moke. Pettingill's Great American and Native English 
Menagerie! I jes’ run away las’ week ’cos de clown was 
gwine to make me sleep wid de elephant. 

Doo. ( sternly ) Sit down! 

Moke, (puts hat carefully on chair) Dat’s my full 
dress head cover what I takes in all de parties and fu¬ 
nerals wid. 

Doo . Blast the hat! 



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nobody’s moke. 


Moke. I mus’ take special keer ob clat hat, for de man 

dat made it am now makin’ dem for de angels- 

Boo . You must not talk about the angels that way, it’s 
wicked! 

Molce. (aside) De angels ain’t kickin’’bout it! 

Enter , Charity, r. 

Charity, (very cross) Well, brother? 

Boo. (uneasy) I brought a boy home to help (stam¬ 
mering ) y-y-you d-do the w-work about the h-liouse. 

Char. Did I tell you I wanted a boy? (very cross 
Boo. (trembling) Wal, no, Charity! 

Char, (awful cross) Especially an African! 

(Doolittle sits and reads newspaper 
Moke. Look heah, missus, I’se no African! I’se a 
nigger! I’se got nigger bref! 

Char. Where did you come from? 

Moke. ’Spec’s I was drawed at de Loosiana lottery! 

(winks 

Char. Where have you been living? 

Moke. In a circus. I saw de president’s wife dar one 
day. She’s purty, too, looks sorter like you! 

(winks and rolls eyes 

Char, (smiling) I’ll take him on trial! Come and 

help me bring up the dinner- 

(exit r., Moke, grinning 

Enter , Pete, to arrange table, Pete sighs. 

Boo. What ails you, Pete? (Pete shakes head 

Boo. Toothache ? 

Pete. No, sail! (sighs 

Boo. Headache? 

Pete. No, sah! (sighs 

Boo. What is the matter, then? Speak out! (cross 

Enter , Charity and Moke, ivitli dinner , r. 

Pete. Oh, massa, it’s wus den all dem—somebody stole 
my false teef! 

Boo. (laughing) Oh, never mind, Pete! Have some 
carpenter make you another set. 

Enter, Maud and Charlie, l. 

All sit down to dinner. Charlie and Maud, r., Charity 
and Doolittle, l. Charlie and Maud whisper- 
through the following. 



nobody’s moke. 


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Char. (to Moke) Bring in that are puddin’! (exit, r. 

Enter, Moke, with pudding dish, with false teeth in dish; 
sits it on table; all proceed to eat. Doolittle helps 
himself — stops. 

Doo. Who made that pudding? 

Char . I did, Josiah Doolittle! 

Doo. It’s as tough as an old hen’s gizzard! 

Charity throws plate at him; lie dodges and it hits Moke. 

Char, (angry) I believe I can make bread pudding 
as good as any woman in Fairfield county. 

Doo. You must have made this out of rocks. 

( Charity picks up plate to throw — Moke dodges 
Moke. Yo’ mus’ hab put glue in, in place ob milk! 

Charity throws plate at Moke —he dodges around. Doo¬ 
little getting out teeth on fork, holds them up. 

Doo. Wal, I’ll be gosh darned if it ain’t Uncle Pete’s 
teeth! 

Char. (screams) Oh, I shall faint! 

Charlie and Maud get up with handkerchiefs to mouth 
and exit, l. Doolittle gets up and hurries out, r. 
Pete takes teeth from table. 

Moke, (to Charity) What’s de matter, missus? 

Char. Oh, I shall die! Bring me a glass of water! 

Moke gets vinegar in cup and hands to her—she drinks 

and spits it out. 

Char, (gasping for breath) You stupid nigger! that’s 
vinegar! 

Moke. Who’d a thunk it! 

Pete, (looking at his teeth) Bress de lam! dem is 
my teef, as suah as yo’ lib, but how does yo’ reckon dey 
got in de puddin’? (Moke winks 

Charity utters a groan and runs out, r., with hands to 

mouth. 

Pete. ’Peers to me dat missus am a puttin’ on a heap 
ob airs! Dem teef ain’t hurt a spec’! 

(wipes them off with apron 


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nobody’s moke. 


Moke. (looking at teeth) Am dat what Pharioah 
slewed all de Egyptuns wid? 

Pete. Yo’ git out! I say, Moke, don’t yo’ want to go 
to meetin’ ? 

Moke. Wliat church? 

Pete. De Methdos Episcopolin Roman Catholic More- 
ham eten church, yo’ little fool! (Moke rolls eyes 

Moke. Whar do dey keep it in de week days? 

Pete. Keep what? 

Moke. De name? ( they exit, l., Moke laughing 


Enter , Charlie, r. 


Charlie . 
here! 


(calls) Say, you little nigger, come back 
Enter, Moke, l. 


—Where are you going? 

Moke. I’se gwine to church! 

Charlie. Well, before you go, I want you to take this 
note over to BroAvn’s and give it to Miss Maud. She has 
gone there to find a respectable boarding place. 

(gives him note 

Moke, (aside) All on de ’count ob dem teef! (aloud) 
All right, boss Charlie! (going 

Char tie. (walking up and down) This is a shame! 
Maud gone- 

Moke. I say, Massa Charlie, is dar ary dorg up at 
Brown’s? 

Charlie. No, nothing but a little pup—very small; it 
won’t hurt you! Now, hurry up! (exit Moke, l.—Char¬ 
lie, walking up and down) Maud has left this 
house never to return, all on the account of that little nig¬ 
ger’s tricks. I would go too, but I have paid for a month’s 
board in advance and hate to lose it; but I have written 
her and hope she will return. 

Enter, Pete, l. 

Pete. Say, Massa Charlie, am dar anyting I can do fur 
yo’ ? 

Charlie, (impatient) No, nothing! 

Enter, Doolittle, b. 

Doo. Mr. Garland, I am sorry that unpleasant affair 
occurred about the dinner. It’s some of that air little 
nigger’s tricks! He shall leave this house at once! 


nobody’s moke. 9 

Enter, Charity, l. 

Char. Wal, now, mister Charlie, is there anything I 
kin do for you? 

Charlie. No, nothing! 

( crossly—noise heard outside, l. 

Enter, Moke, l., falling in—clothes torn. 

Moke. Oh, lorcly! Massa Charlie, I is done eat up by 
a hyderfobia- 

Omnes. What in the world is the matter? 

Enter, Maud, l., goes and speaks to Charlie. 

Moke. Oil, lordy! Massa Charlie, I thought yo’ said 
dat dorg wus only a purp! 

Charlie. So I did! 

Moke. How long, oh, lord! how long has it been since 
you seed it? 

Charlie. About six months! (Moke rubbing himself 
Moke. You ought to see him now! ( sighs 

Charlie. Why so? 

Maud ) 

& > We are even now, Moke! 

Charlie. ) 

Moke. Yes, an’ so is de dorg! 

Charlie. Let us all wind up this day’s trials with a 
dance. 

Maud. Good enough! 

Doo. Not in my house! 

Char. If you dance in this house it will be “haunted!” 
Moke. (recovering ) “Big ball up town!” 

Music—all dance — Charlie and Maud, Moke and Pete. 
Doolittle and Charity join in. Eiiter, Ghost, and 
dances — Moke sees it—falls, coverering face. 


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ACT I— Scene 1st.—Home of Fred Grover—Priscilla, Fred’s 
old maid sister—Fred’s return from the South—His present to Pris¬ 
cilla, of Gyp, a “little nigger”—Gyp dances—Millie’s horror of 
slavery—Gyp’s happiness—Song and dance. 

ACT II.— Scene 1st.—News of cousin Charlie, an old lover of 
Millie’s—Gyp and Siah’s soda water, an amusing scene—Priscilla, 
her horror of being kissed by “a man”—Millie vindicates herself by 
revealing the secret of her life to Charlie, which is heard by Daville 
—Gyp—Meeting of Millie and Daville—Daville reveals Millie’s se- 
cretto Isadore, his betrothed—Comic scene between Gyp and Siah. 

ACT III.— Scene 1st.—Evil designs of Daville and Isadore— 
Millie, the child of old Harriet, the slave—Meeting of Isadore and 
Harriet, her threat, “You are my child”—Isadore attempts her mur¬ 
der by pushing her over the cliff; she is rescued by Daville—Isadore 
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SEVEN YEARS. 

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of Harriet’s murder—Millie, as Sister Agnes, the French governess— 
Return of Charlie—Fred’s anger and Priscilla’s interference. Scene 
2d.—Charlie disguised as old Nathan—Millie’s letter found which 
explains her flight—Fred’s remorse—Daville and Isadore recognize 
Millie—Their plot against her discovered by old Nathan. 

ACT V.— Scene 1st.—Southern Plantation—Priscilla discovers 
Sister Agnes, as Millie—Her c.nger at being kissed by a nigger— 
Daville threatens Isadore with slavery—Attempted murder of Pris¬ 
cilla—Scene between Gyp and Siah. Scene 2d.—Millie a slave— 
Daville offers her marriage—Millie tied to the whipping post—Her 
rescue by Gyp. Scene 3d.—Millie and Gyp in the swamp—At¬ 
tempted capture—Rescued by Charlie—Old Harriet clears the mys¬ 
tery of Millie and Isadore’s birth—“There is but one way left, 
death”—Arrest of Daville—Death of Charlie—Reconciliation of Fred 
and Millie, who is freed from bondage. 






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Deuce is in Him. 

Did l Dream it.. 

Domestic Felicity. 

Dutch Prize Fighter.. 

D tchy vs. Nigger... 

Eh? What Did You Say. 

Everybody Astonished. 

Fooling with the Wrong Man 
Freezing a Mothar-in-Law... 

Fun in a Post Office. 

Family Discipline. 

Goose with the Golden Eggs.. 

Give Me Mv Wife. 

Han?, the Dutch J. P. 

Hash . 

II. M. S. Plum. 

How Sister Paxey got her 

Child Baptiz d. 

How Sue ha* Own Way. 

How lie Popped the Quest’n. 

How r to Tame M-in-Law. 

How Stout Your Getting. 

In the Wrong B y. 

In the Wrong Clothes. 

John Smith. 

Jumbo Jum.-. 

Killing Time 


Kittle’' Wedding Cake. 

Lick Skillet Wedding—. 

L -nderbaeh’s Little Surprise 

Lodgings for Two. 

Matrimonial Bliss. 

Match f ora Mother-in-Law.. 

More Blunders than one. 

Mother’s Fool. 

Mr. and Mrs. Pringle. 

Mr. Hudson’s Tiger Hunt.... 

My Heart’s in Highlands. 

' y Precious Betsey. 

Mv Turn Next. 

M Wife’s Relations. 

Me Day aud Now-a^Days. 

Obedience. 

On the Sly. 

Paddy Miles’ Boy... 

Paten' Washing Machine.... 

Persecuted Dutchman. 

Poor Pilicody.. 

Quiet Family. 

Rough Diamond. 

Ripples.*■. 

Soh: aps.. 

Sewing Circle of Pi riod. 

S. II. A. M. Pinafore. 

Somebody’s Nobody. 

Stage Struck Yankee. 

Taking the Census. 

Thu Mysterious B’dle. 

T e Bewitched Closet. 

The Cigarette. 

The Coming Man. 

Turn Him Out. 

The Sham Professor. 

The Two T. J’s. 

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Wanted a Husband. 2 

When Women Weep...... 3 

Wooing Under Difficulties— 5 

Whicn will he Marry. 2 

Widower’s Trials.4 

Waking Him Up. 1 

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ETHIOPIAN FARCES. 

Academy of Stars. 6 

An Unhappy Pair... I 

Black Shoemaker.. 4 

Black Statue...—4 

Colored Senators.3 

Chops. 3 

Cuff's Luck.2 

Crimps Trip.5 

Fetter Lane to Gravesend.2 

Hamlet the Dainty. 6 

Haunted House.2 

Handy Andy. 2 

Hypochondriac The . 2 

Joe’s Vis t...2 

Mischievous Nigger... 4 

Musical D.rkey. 2 

No Cure No Pay. 3 

Not as Deaf as He Seems. 3 

Old Dad’s Cabin. 2 

OldPompey. 1 

Other People’s Children......... 3 

Pomp’s Pranks. 2 

Quarrelsome Servants.3 

Rooms to Let.— — 2 

School.— 5 

Seeing Posting. . . 3 

Sham Doctor... 3 

16,000 Years Ago.... 3 

Sport with a Sportsman.2 

Stage Struck Darkey... 2 

Stocks Up, Stocks Down. 2 

That Boy Sam. 3 

The Select School. 5 

The Popcorn Man.— 3 

The Studio.-.. 3 

Those Awful Boys.-. 5 

Twain’s Dodging.—— 3 

Tricks. 5 

Uncle Jeff.-.. 5 

U. S. Mail......2 

Vice Versa.3 

' ,'illkens and Dinah.- 4 

Virginia Muii my. 6 

Who Stole th« Chickens. 1 

William Tell.^. 4 

Wig-Maker and IIis Servants 3 
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MILLIE; THE QUADROON, a 

new Drama, just published from the author’s 
original manuscript; it is immense, and will 
give the best of satisfaction to an audience. 
The scene is laid in the south before slavery 
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MIDNIGHT COLIC. A Laughable 

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